House Arrest Starts for Strauss-Kahn

BY ASHBY JONES AND MICHAEL ROTHFELD

NEW YORK—Dominique Strauss-Kahn is out of jail, but the experience of others who have faced house-arrest arrangements as tight as his suggests the former International Monetary Fund chief faces a trying time.

Mr. Strauss-Kahn, accused of sexually assaulting a hotel maid earlier this month, will be forbidden to leave a New York City apartment for all but a few situations. The arrangement calls for at least one armed guard to keep him under close surveillance 24 hours a day, seven-days a week—all at Mr. Strauss-Kahn's expense.

"It's not jail, so it's great relief for the first few weeks," said David ...